Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for July 18, 2011

I like rat today.

Power to the … mammals!

It is built into the Constitution -- to remove those who are abusing it & install a government that will follow its principles.

That’s why Americans have the Constitutional Right to bear arms — to protect democracy from corrupt governments. Anyone know where we might find one…??.Most government systems are good for about 100 years before corruption becomes systemic. The current U.S. system is way past its Best Before date! (When you consider how long ago Mr. Smith Goes To Washington was made, and how much worse things have gotten since then…)

Put out that torch, Rat; you know there’s no smoking in the diner.

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Serious comment: The reason we have a Constitution is to avoid mindless mobs with pitchforks and torches, and I hope that’s the point SP is trying to make here.

Rat can save time by just overthrowing the Koch brothers. The Murdochs are imploding on their own.

I <3 rat

Rat, these two nice, burly gentlemen in dark suits and sunglasses say they’d like to speak with you about something you may have said….

When in the course of human events…

Go back to your closet, Rat.

Rat , the rabble rouser………..or should I have said Pastis?

…I say if the toilet is plugged-tear down the house and build a new one…

Soap box, ballot box, ammo box. We’re not denied the first two yet, so moving to the third is rushing it, Rat!

Meanwhile, back in space, Pig and LGD continue to …. What? I was dying to see how they returned to cartoondom.

Most world empires last from 250-300 years. Moral, Social, and Political decay leads to its downfall.

I guess you could call him a “ratical”.

I like how only the tip of Goat’s snout is visible in panel 3.

When we overthrow the government, that day will be called : RAT DAY!!

Sorry, Goat, I’m with Rat on this one. Meetings are how we got to this point.

@ Six – Don’t worry, the cat will protect you!

Sorry bdaverin,

The ballot box is denied to many American citizens. The Republicans know the ballot box is a problem, and they are adding restrictions designed to disenfranchise the Democratic Party’s key demographics. They are also inspired by Josef Stalin – who said “Those who vote do not have the power, those that count the votes have the power”. An example is the Wisconsin Supreme Court election – the last district to report gave the Republican just a little more than the precise majority to avoid a recount. Starve the beast, and the beast will respond.

Is the government made up of Frankenstein’s monsters?

scrw pitch forks go with the ak-47

odd theme to find here. pastis is a lawyer, and as william shakespeare is often misquoted as having said:

“when the revolution starts, kill the lawyers first”.

I like the right to “bare arms” or the right to “arm bears”.

I love Pastis’ characters!

… [sorry, just tried to come up with something funny about a system that elects judges]

I’m with Rat.

Pitch forks for everyone! Go, rat, go! Maybe a few tines to the colective government tuches will get them moving and stop the yammering for the cameras.

LOL!

xxx

I’ve always found it interesting that Thomas Jefferson himself was wary of the power of the dead over the living in the form of an unchanging Constitution. To ensure that each generation have a say in the framework of the government, he proposed that the Constitution, and each one following it, expire after 19 or 20 years. OTOH, James Madison, Jefferson’s contemporary, found comfort in knowing that the populace would not be thrust into political turmoil every 20 years, and noted that the way the Constitution is now structured, it implies an acceptance of the status quo unless explicitly changed. I think Jefferson would be amazed that we still use the Constitution, with only a few amendments.

Finally, a running mate for Bachman…..

Rat needs more fire power.

2nd panel is an American Gothic for the Palin set

I’m voting for Rat in the next election.

Guard Duck and Rat would be formidable foes against the red hoardes. Lets bring back the Cold War! I’m feeling a little nostalgic. Waiting for Captain America next week. Now there’s a hero. Where’s my spinach? Olive get in here!

This could be interesting.

It would be even funnier if it were not so sad. Spot On!

OVERTHROW THE GOVERNMENT! It’s your only option.

S M, oh, jeeze, more scare tactics warning us that we are devolving into simpler beings. Republican mantra: everybody else is either stupid, wrong or evil. (They always choose the last one!) Canadians have all the freedoms we do, Shut up! They have health insurance even if you can’t afford it. That makes them better people, when judged from a Christian perspective…

not decaf in the cup, just guessing….

rat, give me one and i’ll help

Near the end of yesterday’s comments, Frodolives1 said “Please, rat, no flaming torches!”. Some prescience, Frodo!

The tip of that pitchfork is down… watch it Goat!

Or just go live in another country.

Wow.